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Biography: general
Paperback. The Grateful Dead were one of the most fascinating rock bands and cultural phenomena of the twentieth century. Despite having few mainstream hits, from 1965 to 1995 the Dead blazed an extraordinary incendiary trail across the rock firmament. This book deals with their life and work. Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 53. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Corgi Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552171977
- ISBN
- 9780552171977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.49
€ 25.99
€ 19.49
Hardback. Series: Writers on Writers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 124 x 192 x 23. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691154114
- ISBN
- 9780691154114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.52
€ 19.99
€ 14.52
Paperback. Somehow Jim Davidson transformed from foul-mouthed stand-up comic to being the face of BBC light entertainment, Chairman of the British Forces Foundation and close friend of Prince Charles. This autobiography details this remarkable change. It re-evaluates his life in a critical and self-aware manner. Num Pages: 368 pages, 32. BIC Classification: APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 110 x 34. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091883126
- ISBN
- 9780091883126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.91
€ 19.00
€ 16.91
Paperback. This is an account of how the author answered an advertisement for a "wife" to spend a year on a tropical island with a writer, and subsequently found herself alone on a remote desert island with a "husband" she hardly knew. Num Pages: 412 pages, maps. BIC Classification: BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552146814
- ISBN
- 9780552146814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. A sequel to "The Flame of Thika" that takes up the author's story after the family returns to Kenya after the First World War. It describes her family and friends, their home and their travels, and the glorious wildlife and scenery. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; BGA; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712674553
- ISBN
- 9780712674553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.91
€ 19.00
€ 16.91
Paperback. Boris Becker shot to fame in 1985 when at seventeen years old, he became the youngest player ever to win the men's final at Wimbledon. This autobiography talks about his marriage, his illegitimate daughter, and his painful divorce. It reveals his emotions at the end of his tennis career, and his battles with pills and alcohol. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857500274
- ISBN
- 9780857500274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.91
€ 19.00
€ 16.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- 9780099365006
- ISBN
- 9780099365006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.01
€ 14.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Presents the biography of Napoleon who lived one of the extraordinary of all human lives. This book shows how after seizing power in a coup d'etat he ended the corruption and incompetence into which the Revolution had descended. Num Pages: 976 pages, 32pp. colour. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 201 x 51. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141032016
- ISBN
- 9780141032016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 16.68
€ 25.99
€ 16.68
paperback. Looking back not only at author's own much younger self, but also at the other writers who shared Paris with him - James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald - he recalls the time when, poor, happy and writing in cafes, he discovered his vocation. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780099285045
- ISBN
- 9780099285045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. First published in 1993, this work is a portrait of family life, father-son relationships and bereavement. It includes an afterword by the author. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 185.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781862079083
- ISBN
- 9781862079083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.28
€ 11.99
€ 9.28
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 728
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252069000
- ISBN
- 9780252069000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.30
€ 46.99
€ 42.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 3H; BGX; HRCC7; HRCX1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition, Paperback edition of Brill hardcover.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268035143
- ISBN
- 9780268035143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Covers Isabel Allende's three books "City of the Beasts", "Portrait in Sepia: A Novel", and "Daughter of Fortune". This book includes four interviews in which Allende discusses her spiritual adventure and political interests. Editor(s): Rodden, John. Num Pages: 324 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADSL; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292702110
- ISBN
- 9780292702110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.22
€ 34.99
€ 32.22
Paperback. "Smart and defiant. Rich with characters and anecdote and heart. A great success." --Anthony Swofford, New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBTB; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780393329285
- ISBN
- 9780393329285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.31
€ 21.99
€ 20.31
Hardcover. Aristocrat, literary celebrity, 'Rose Queen', devoted wife, lesbian, recluse, iconoclast - Vita Sackville-West was many things, but she was never straightforward. Her life is re-told here in a dazzling new biography. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 240 x 39. Weight in Grams: 746. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear, dustwrapper has some minor edge wear but remains good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KKD0007390
- ISBN
- 9780007486960
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. For nine years, John Dowell and his wife spend the summer season at a German spa town in the company of the respectable Ashburnhams. Behind the placid exteriors lie the destructive passions of men and women. This text includes biographical and critical apparatus. Series: Ford Madox Ford programme. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 313. 8vo. Illustrated. Near fine copy in slipcase
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The Folio Society London
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KSG0022657
- ISBN
- 9781857543001
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Hardback. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ANB; APB; APF; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSS0005765
- ISBN
- 9781605985572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. With a novelist's insight and eye for detail, A.S. Byatt examines the relationship between Wordsworth and Coleridge against the background of the great changes of their times - in society, politics, education and literature. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; BG; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 44. Weight in Grams: 208. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0005994
- ISBN
- 9780099302230
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Anthony Daly was the most successful captain in the history of Clare hurling, leading the county to two All-Irelands and three Munster titles. During his three years in charge, he took Clare to the cusp of two All-Ireland finals, agonisingly losing the 2005 and 2006 semi-finals to the eventual winners, Cork and Kilkenny. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 500. 8vo.Illustrated.The Gaelic Athletic Association. The GAA.First paperback edition
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0307449
- ISBN
- 9781848271517
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
Paperback. For 16 years, Darragh O Se has worn the number 8 jersey for Gaelic football's most celebrated county, stoking the fires in Kerry's engine room. With six All-Ireland medals, he is the most decorated footballer of the modern era. This title tells the story of this modern Kerry icon who has helped carry the torch for the home of football. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 x 8pp colour. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 344. 8vo.Illustrated.The Gaelic Athletic Association is an Irish sporting and cultural organization. The GAA promotes traditional Irish sports including hurling, gaelic football, camogie and handball..First paperback edition
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0307465
- ISBN
- 9781845966560
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00